From Enemies to Couple.

Episode 8

Princess of Amor opened her eyes where she was lying and stood up. She was surprised that she slept for too long already and she wondered where the sword she kept beside herself while she was about to sleep was. She rose immediately and went outside the hut but found no one. She was about to look behind her when a heavy stick greeted her face and he fell heavily on the ground. She rose, while holding her head and even though she was staggering she managed to grab the stick in the hands of her attacker and swung the attacker to the ground. The attacker having more advantage kicked her on the belly and she fell heavily again, this time she was so wounded she could no longer stand. The hitter now raised his hand and others dressed like him began to emanate from the bush one after the other. They rounded the princess up and having thought that they already had her in their palms they were shocked when the princess, with blood on her face jumped on her feet and grabbed the one who had hit her and threw him to the ground. She then grabbed another and flung him so hard against a tree. She was staggering as she did this and the rest having seen that their victim had refused to give up began to hit her with their sticks until she fainted. They then carried her away from there.

When Princess of Amor opened her eyes she saw herself seated alone in a place that looked like a shrine. She could see that her legs and hands were bound and there were human skulls lying about. She tried to shake the rope off herself but she could not. Shortly she raised up her had and saw some strange looking beings coming towards her. They were carrying three eyes with the third eye at the center of their foreheads and they looked aggressive towards the princess. The princess on sighting them approaching her with knives in their hands began to shake herself violently in order to free herself from the rope used to bind her legs and hands. At that moment another being whom the princess did not know was seated near her said to the beings coming towards her, "Not now comrades"

"But we are hungry master" said the rest.

"That does not mean we are going to eat her without cooking her does it?" he asked them and they grudgingly went away from the princess. The princess who had been covered with fear could not remove her eyes from the being that dismissed the other ones that nearly ate her raw. The being went closer to a mirror that was set on the skull of a bulk and sat near it.

"Who are you and what am I doing here in your abode" she was asking but the being ignored her. Shortly the being began to do some incantations. As he did that the smoke from the pot near him began to come out profusely. This scared the princess for she knew supernatural power when she saw one.

The shrine owner smiled at her confusion and stood up. When the being stood up the princess shifted in order not have him step on her. Having shifted the being then went to the mirror which stood at the entrance and while there he said to her, "It is better you do not have anything to say for now for if you do it will add to your problem"

"You scared little brat. You are speaking my language with that third eye that looks funny on your face. Do you now know that I have nothing to loose if you chose to make life unbearable for me?" she said and chuckled softly. Her chuckling did not make the man begin to think otherwise instead he continued with what he was doing. At a point he stopped and decided it would be good to talk sense into the lady.

"Do you think that if I am to let you go you would do anything. Do you think that if I am to let loose the ropes on your legs and hands you will have any powers to kill me or any of my people?" he asked and laughed. He then pointed towards the rope on her legs and hands and like a flash of light the ropes got loosed and she sprang up. immediately she sprang up the first thing she went for was her sword and she advanced towards the man in order to attack him. The being still sat where he was seated without moving an inch. When the princess was upon him she raised the sword and wanted to strick him with it but realized she was not able to do so. Her hand hung in the air and she could neither bring it down on the being nor take it away from him. She remained like that until the being was tired of watching her and he immediately pointed at the ropes which laid on the ground and the ropes rose by themselves and ran towards the princess, caught her two legs and threw her to the ground. The sword from her hand fell off and she tried to go for it when the other rope came for her hands and tied them to the ground. She remained like that and unable to move again. The being stood up and went closer to her, saying to her, "If would be better if you could just stop struggling and remain calm. If you do not remain calm you will be making me go understand that you want to be eaten by my men who will come in here and devour you raw without having to cook you" he said and before he left her on the ground he turned and said, "You have a mark on your forehead, the mark is the third eye. You carry the same eye we all the children of the god of The Third Eye carry. You are one of us but my people will not be able to see it because they do not carry the spiritual eyes to see it. I am your only hope of leaving here alive. Trying to have me killed is the greatest mistake you will ever make. I will advise you not to have such thoughts in your mind rather have the mind of working with me in order to be free" he then left her there.

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In the palace of the chief of Okwu land. Inside his chamber he was laying on the bamboo bed and his wife came in and sat on the bamboo bed close to the husband. Immediately she sat the husband sighed and she smiled.

"I know that you do not want to hear me out because each time I come to you you assume that I have come to tell you what you do not want to hear but history has made it a good thing to remember that when I tell you things they normally come to pass even though you ignore my words at the beginning. The men you said you did not need and that they should find their way out of your land are the reason for my coming to you at this very hour. You and I know that these men you re asking out are the ones who will fight your battle when the enemies you trust come knocking on your door. How do kingdoms grow, how do kingdoms become powerful an indestructible? They become so because they are open to allies. You do not have allies. Have you forgotten what happened to you and to all those whom you wanted to have around you during the time of your father? They all ran away from you and from your father and both of you were under the mercy of your enemies. I was there and I witnessed everything. I am telling you so that you will understand that those men you are trying to send off can actually save you tomorrow. You build your kingdom with allies and not only with those who bear your mark or who bear your name" The woman stood up, bowed before her husband and then left. The husband who heard everything that his wife had said to him knew that she was right at some extent and that it was high time be changed some of the customs and traditions guarding the land of Okwu and make things flexible enough for everyone. He rose and adjusted himself while seated on the bamboo bed.

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In the hut where Prince Sando was. He had been full of thoughts and his thoughts were particularly directed towards the men, his men, the men that were serving in his father's palace. He prayed that the chief of Okwu land changed his mind towards them and take them in..He rose and went outside to see Lalah and the rest seated under a mango tree and went to them. The patrol teams were shocked to see the prince come join them. The prince sat on the ground with them and they all laughed and joked. The prince made them to understand that he had good intentions for them and that he had prayed for them so they they could be allowed to stay in the land of Okwu. As he said this the patrol team all rose and knelt before him, asking the god that their prince had prayed to to listen to his prayers.

As they were were still like that praying the prince then asked them to retake their seats and they did and he was about to say something else when he looked up and saw the fisherman coming towards them with a man holding a paper in his hands. The prince and the patrol teams equally stood up and the fisherman said, "Here is a messenger from the palace of our chief, the chief of this land. He has come bearing a letter from the chief which says the chief requests for the presence of Sando and the men that came to look for him",

The prince looked at Lalah and then to the fisherman suspiciously and then drew the fisherman aside and said to him, "Is it that the chief of your land decided to have us stoned to death right here in your land?" he asked.